Mott MacDonald has been appointed by ASB International Private
Limited to provide engineering, procurement and construction
management (EPCM) services for an INR 550 million (US$12 million)
PET bottles machinery and mold manufacturing plant expansion to be
located at Ambernath in the Thane district of Maharashtra,
India.

The 10,800 m2 extension to ASB International’s existing operational
facility at Ambernath - which is one of the most modern and largest
among single stage PET processing machine manufacturers in the
world - will include a major machinery and quality assurance
laboratory as well as utilities and office space.

Mott MacDonald will provide its world class industrial design
expertise - ranging from utilities, architecture, civil and
structural, mechanical and electrical, to instrumentation and fire
protection systems - to the project. Mott MacDonald will also
support the procurement and selection of all necessary equipment
for building construction as well as provide construction
supervision services during the project execution stages.

Mott MacDonald project director M C Jagtiani said, “We are
delighted to have been appointed by ASB International to help them
with their expansion to produce world class molds. This
project will address India’s packaging industry’s growing demand
for PET bottles. Customers increasingly seem to prefer PET bottles
because, unlike PVC, they are fully recyclable.”

Jagtiani added, “We look forward to delivering what will be a
challenging project designing a vibration free structure building
to ensure that the mold manufactured with CNC machines is within
five microns of accuracy, which is a benchmark set by the client
for the mold production. For over 40 years we have been at the
forefront of executing award-winning industry projects in India and
we will draw upon our wealth of experience to deliver this one.”